About this title:

Synopsis: In the third volume in a critically acclaimed trilogy that also includes The Proof and The Notebook, Claus lies dying in a prison in the town of his birth, reminiscing about the past and his missing twin and haunted by three lies that have profoundly affected his life.

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This bleak story, by a Hungarian-born writer living in Switzerland and writing in French, is both an allegory on the East-West divisions of Europe and a commentary on the damage parents can do to children. The narrator, Claus, revisits the places of his youth after the fall of Communism. He recounts a past that begins with his waking up during World War II with a serious spinal injury at the age of four and progresses through rehabilitation and foster homes. He has only a vague memory of a happier childhood before then. In the middle of the book a surprise twist casts a new light on Claus' past. Translated by Marc Romano.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Third Lie
Publisher: Grove Pr
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: GOOD

Book Description Grove Pr, 1996. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Printing with full number line. Good+ hardcover in very good dust jacket. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square;text also very good. Head of spine lightly bumped. Light liquid damage on front and bottom edges of book, not apparent in books interior. Dust jacket spine lightly sunned to even fade. Shelfwear to DJ is very minor. Unclipped DJ protected in Mylar wraps. NOT an ex-library copy, NO remainder mark, NOT a book club. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 222223